Pat came in on Wednesday (June 17) and got right to work on the house. Luke and i had thought that the first day we would show him what we wanted done and talk about it. We knew Pat had to get up very early to catch the 5 A.M. flight and figured he would be tired, but he jumped in and started doing what needed to be done.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday was spent on repair and prep on the outside and in the front bathroom which turned out to be a bigger problem than we expected. We thought the wallpaper would come off as clean as it did in the kitchen but in the bathroom it took chunks of sheetrock paper with it. It is fortunate we have Pat here because he knows better what to do to fix that.
Today, Sunday, I had thought i would ask Pat if he would like to take it easy for a day, maybe doing a little in the house, but taking a day off from the heat of working outside. But he woke before we did and was already outside painting when we woke up.
Picking the color for the house was hard. Luke and I had gotten sample of several colors and painted 18″ squares near the brick but we could not agree on which to use. He didn’t like my choices and I didn’t like his. We decided to see what Pat thought. Mostly Pat thought we needed to pick a color so he could get on with it 🙂 but he did give us his opinion and we went with it. The color is perfect… exactly what we wanted.
The only thing undecided was the second trim color. We knew we wanted to paint the main part of trim, the part of the house that is actually siding, one color, and the real trim another color. We discussed it at length, and finally yesterday Luke and i went to the store, bought 6 samples, came home and painted sticks with each.
Today all 3 of us looked at the samples, and (Luke said i should write this on the calendar) we all liked the same one. Make a note: June 24th – agreement the first time.
The way the first paint looks… I think it’s going to be good!
Oh, I need to take a picture…. I did the first day and then forgot till just now.